Heat Treat Fixturing-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
In this exciting episode of "The Heat Treat Podcast" our distinguished and very articulate host Mr. Carlos Torres talks heat treat fixturing with a personal friend of ours Mr. Jim Wilbur of Wm. Wright & Associates. Jim talks heat treat fixturing in general, delves into some specifics and also...
Furnace Builder Ships Two Gas Nitriding Systems
KGO GMBH based in Wetter, Germany is pleased to announce that they recently shipped two gas nitriding systems to a customer in China. These furnaces are the latest generation from KGO and include a system to minimize ammonia consumption as well as optimizing process gas utilization-each has working...
Used Furnace And Equipment Listings
“The Monty” has one of the largest listings for used heat treating equipment in North America. Below you will find our two most recent additions and also a categorized listing by furnace type. If you don’t find what you are looking for let us know and we will find it for you. Have equipment to sell? We are here to find you a buyer, just drop a line to [email protected]
Solar Atmospheres Eastern PA Commissions Two Vacuum Furnaces
Solar Atmospheres in Souderton, PA, is currently commissioning two additional 2-bar vacuum furnaces, expanding its capabilities to meet increased demand in the aerospace, industrial gas turbine sectors, and for specialized hydride/de-hydride processing of Titanium, Tantalum, and Niobium. These...
Commercial Heat Treat Acquisitions 2024-Addition
January 5th of this year "The Monty" in an industry exclusive, put together a list of commercial heat treat acquisitions in 2024. As it turns out a reader very politely pointed out that we missed on acquisition which took place April of 2024-Solar Atmospheres acquiring Metal Craft Inc. This has now...
Where Are They Now-Mark Podob
In the North American heat treat industry Mr. Mark Podob is a very well known fellow both for his time with furnace builder Ipsen and subsequently as owner of Metlab Heat Treat in Wyndmoor, PA, USA-a commercial heat treat which had the distinction of having the largest commercially available pit...
Aerospace Company Adds Drop Bottom Oven
Magellan Aerospace Limited is a global firm involved in the aerospace industry who just happens to have heat treating in many of their locations including one way out in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. According to this press release and our own knowledge at "The Monty Heat Treat News" this location...
German Furnace Builder Partners with Chinese Firm
Furnace builder "ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH" of Hanau, Germany is pleased to announce that they have partnered with "Shanghai Advanced Metallurgical Technology Corp.", (SAMT) to better service the Asian market. Jörn Rohde, CEO of the company had this to say; "I am proud to say that over the years we...
Lockheed Martin Invests in More Heat Treat Capability
"Lockheed Martin has opened a 16,000-square-foot facility dedicated to meeting the company’s additive manufacturing goals; Lockheed Martin hopes to bring additive manufacturing (AM) to “new heights,” supported by the new Texas facility. Heavily stocked with cutting-edge technology, the site will...
NITREX’S FACILITY IN QUERÉTARO, MEXICO, GETS NADCAP ACCREDITATION
As a global provider of turnkey systems (nitriding, nitrocarburizing, vacuum), heat treatment services, as well as instrumentation and automation solutions, Nitrex is proud to announce that its facility in Querétaro, Mexico, has been awarded its heat treating Nadcap accreditation. “We are extremely...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #33 Lake City Heat Treating, Warsaw, Indiana
Since 1999 “The Monty” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales, our 2021 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/ This year readers will see we became much...
Nitrex Doubles Manufacturing Capacity in Europe
To this very interesting press release we can add this photo of Nitrex, Poland which we visited a few years ago. In this picture we see Gord Montgomery (The Monty Heat Treat News) on the left and the founder of Nitrex, Mr. Michael Korwin on the right. Montreal, CANADA, February 23, 2022 – Nitrex, a...
Inflation, Supply Chain and Labor-The 3 Top Issues Facing the Heat Treatment Industry
Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) always does a very good job with their regular Executive Economic Update & Analysis summaries and their January 2022 report is no exception. In it IHEA brings up the 3 main issues facing the industry this year, Inflation, Supply Chain and Labor. ...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #34 Byron Products, Fairfield, Ohio
Since 1999 “The Monty” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales, our 2021 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/ This year readers will see we became much...
Gruppo T.T.N./Italy-Largest Pit Nitriders in the World?
Since are incorporation in 1969 WG Montgomery Ltd., (The Monty Heat Treat News) has accumulated 1000’s of photos of various captive and commercial heat treaters around the world. Today we are reaching into our archives to find one of the most memorable locations we have been lucky enough to visit,...